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VATICAN CITY (UPI) -- A secret code created by Italian Renaissance
painter Michelangelo is hidden among the Sistine Chapel's frescoes, a
new book contends.
Written by Rabbi Benjamin Blech and Roy Doliner, "The Sistine Secrets:
Unlocking the Codes in Michelangelo's Defiant Masterpiece" maintains
the artist created hidden Jewish symbols among his 16th-century
paintings in the historic site, The Daily Telegraph reported Saturday.
The men also contend the famed paintings on the Roman chapel's ceiling
contain hidden insults directed at the pope.
Blech alleges all of the figures pictured in the frescoes are actually
Jewish, meaning Michelangelo was attempting to narrow the gap between
the Jewish faith and the Roman Catholic Church.
"He emphasizes only Old Testament figures in the entire ceiling, and
what he was trying to say was: Why have we ignored our true roots?"
Blech said.
The British newspaper said critics of the new book, which is on the
New York Times bestseller list, have compared its allegations to those
made in author Dan Brown's controversial novel "The Da Vinci Code."